PLOS (Public Library of Science)

Term of contract

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

 

Benefits for members of the University of Duisburg-Essen

  • The Membership entitles authors (corresponding authors) of the UDE to publish in the publisher's Gold Open Access journals at no additional cost
  • The non-profit publisher only publishes Open Access journals
  • The author fees (APCs) of submitting corresponding authors of the UDE are paid and financed centrally by the UDE. Invoices are processed by the University Library

 

Requirements

  • You are a member of the UDE and responsible for submitting the article as corresponding author
  • UDE students can apply for article funding if a member of the supervising faculty supports or approves the publication of the paper. In these cases, funding is only granted upon application and is decided on a case-by-case basis
  • The University of Duisburg-Essen or the University Hospital must be specified as the first affiliation

 

Content

  • 14 journals from the natural and life sciences and related disciplines
  • List of journals

 

Information about the author workflow

 

  CC licences

  • CC BY 4.0 is granted as a standard license
  • Further information on the CC licenses can be found here

 

Who can help?

The Open Access team will be pleased to advise you on all aspects of Open Access:
openaccess.ub@uni-due.de